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Anonymous
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| posted: 6/27/2006 at 3:06:15 AM ET
I play the alto sax and I really want to be in a local orchestra, but i just found out that there's no saxophones in an orchestra. What instrument can I learn how to play that is similar to the sax so i can play in the orchestra. I'm not sure but does bass clarinet have the same fingerings as the alto sax??? if so maybe i can learn that fairly quickly 
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 trumpetgeek53
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7/20/2005 | posted: 6/27/2006 at 10:12:26 AM ET
well most orchestras have saxophones in it so i don't know why your local orchestra doesn't...Well i don't know what to tell you...and no bass clarinet doen't have the same fingering...how bout the baritone sax. It is also a bass part..ask about that.
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Anonymous
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| posted: 6/28/2006 at 5:50:51 PM ET
you should try either tener or berri sax
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trumpetgeek53
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7/20/2005 | posted: 6/30/2006 at 10:17:10 AM ET
I personally like tenor,but barri is ok too.
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 maintube
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5/26/2004 | posted: 7/6/2006 at 4:38:26 PM ET
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well most orchestras have saxophones in it so i don't know why your local orchestra doesn't...Well i don't know what to tell you...and no bass clarinet doen't have the same fingering...how bout the baritone sax. It is also a bass part..ask about that.
Most orchestras DO NOT have saxes. Orchestral music does not call for the sax except for special occasions. You must remeber that for a huge majority of classical music, the sax was not around. The sax was only invented in the 1830's. Most music for orchestra was written before that time. Music written after that time was written without the sax for 2 reasons. One, the instrumentation for the orchestra was set by tradition. Two, the sax became known as jazz instrument and was not considered suitible for "serious music". As far as what instrument to play. The clarinet has similer fingerings, but they are not exactly the same. I would double on Oboe since the fingerings are much more alike.
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3/14/2008 | posted: 3/14/2008 at 4:59:57 PM ET
HI!
I love to play the saxophone and I think it's terrible that we can't play in orchestras
I go to the RSAMD to study, they have a few orchestras that saxophones can't take part in!
Just because the saxophone is a cool jazzy instrument doesn't mean we can't adjust to classical music with strings
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SAXOPHONES ORCHESTRAL RIGHTS
saxophones.... the best of the best...
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maintube
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5/26/2004 | posted: 3/14/2008 at 8:45:34 PM ET
Except in the case of very modern music the sax doesn't blend well with strings. Since most orchestras are playing music written from the middle ages to the early 20th century that did not call for sax parts, just to throw the sax in there would change the entire character of the music.
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Anonymous
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| posted: 12/4/2008 at 2:01:01 PM ET
well idk about you.. but i play alto sax and french horn... a bit of clarinet. i suggest you try clarinet. the fingerings are different but its just like playing the sax in a way but just a little tugher to hit the high notes
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